The University of Louisville Collegiate Chorale

Conducted by Dr. Kent Hatteberg, the Collegiate Chorale is the premiere choral ensemble at the University of Louisville. The Chorale performs primarily unaccompanied repertoire and is known to commission works by Lithuanian composers Vytautas Miškinis and Vaclovas Augustinas. The Chorale enjoyed rising popularity in the late 1990’s and now performs regularly at national choral events around the United States with a astoundingly large following.

Events

* [ACDA National Convention Oklahoma City, OK 2008
* American Choral Directors Association National Convention – Los Angeles, California 2005
* American Orff-Schulwek National Convention – Louisville, Kentucky 2003
* National MENC Convention – Nashville, Tennessee 2002
* Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference – Louisville, Kentucky 2002
* Inauguration of George W. Bush – Washington D.C. 2001
* ”Together We Sing” celebration, American Choral Directors Association National Convention – San Antonio, Texas 2001
* American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Convention – Orlando, Florida 2000
* Kentucky Music Educators Association State Conference – Louisville, Kentucky 1998

Major Works

The Collegiate Chorale has become well-known in the region for performing various major works with the Louisville Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society, including the world premiere of Felix Mendelssohn’s Gloria in November 1997.

* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberflöte - September 2007
* Ralph Vaughan Williams' Toward the Unknown Region - March 2007
* John Adams' Harmonium - March 2007
* Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings Symphony - January 2007
* Mozart’s Requiem - January 2007
* Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream - October 2006
* Gounod's Mors et Vita - September 2006
* Poulenc’s Gloria – March 2006
* Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 – March 2006
* Schubert’s Mass in C – January 2006
* Mozart’s Vesperae Solennes de Confessore – October 2005
* Verdi’s Quattro pezzi sacri – October 2005
* Orff’s Carmina Burana – February 2005
* Mozart’s Coronation Mass – January 2005
* Verdi’s Requiem – March 2004
* Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony – February 2004
* Brahms’s Schicksalslied – February 2004
* Britten’s War Requiem – March 2003
* Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 – May 2002
* Kodály’s Budavari Te Deum – March 2002
* Poulenc’s Stabat Mater - March 2002

ee also

* The University of Louisville Cardinal Singers
* American Choral Directors Association

External links

* [http://www.louisville.edu/music/ University of Louisville School of Music]
* [http://www.KMEA.org Kentucky Music Educators Association]
* [http://www.ACDAonline.org American Choral Directors Association]